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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
1
A tradesman faced the magistrate on a charge of selling unwholesome articles for consumption as food. The defense claimed the business was founded in 1802. The magistrate questioned whether stock had been renewed since that date.
In a Will Gordon letter from Independence of United States volume 1 page 482, the term Yankee is described as a cant and favorite word of farmer Jonathan Hastings of Cambridge around 1713. It notes Yankee as in phrases like a good horse or Yankee cider, and Harvard students who hired his horses began using the term in all occasions.
Robert views a newborn with wonder and, as the baby cries loudly, jokes that the infant has plenty of pep in its cry. The moment captures a warm, humorous fatherly remark about the baby's vitality.
A caregiver recounts a boy named Jack tying Ramona the cat to a fernery with a rope to keep her in sight. He says the act was his only way to ensure Ramona stayed visible to him until the mother returned. The incident highlights a troubling misunderstanding of care.
The article notes how a youth at seventeen lifts 280 pounds, rises to 820 pounds by age twenty, and reaches 865 pounds at thirty. By forty the lifting power declines by eight pounds, and at fifty the figure drops to 230 pounds.
China clings to equine traditions as it lags in automobile adoption. Officials note horses loom large in history and culture, with conservatives wary of cars that might erode long standing horse based life.
A fragment from the Ohio State Journal reflects on travel as an educator. It mentions a lunch conversation about a dish described as casserolette et Newfoundland cod aux oenfs, suggesting a reinterpretation of cod with egg tones.
A fragmented note suggests using an electric fan in a dark airless closet to induce ventilation by revolving with the door open. The text also mentions a mysterious aim to dispossess the wioths, a term likely garbled or misread.
R L Stevenson argues literature serves truth not style, noting the craft measures how people interact. He stresses writing clearly affects readers precisely and that life relies on literature to shape social intercourse.
The piece contrasts two classes of people daily: those who dwell in gloom and pessimism and those who live on the sunny side. Shadowed individuals carry wounds openly, focus on pitfalls, and walk under shadow, missing the warmth and light of the sky. A shift of 20 feet to the brighter sidewalk changes perspective and mood.
The Harvard Yale boat race began from a railroad's advertising plan on Lake Winnipesaukee. A traffic manager proposed the event to boost the line of the Concord and Montreal railroad. Yale issued a challenge after meeting Harvard oarsmen. the railroad funded crews and Harvard won a pair of black walnut sculls, sparking a famous intercollegiate sport.
James Clarence Mangan was a highly gifted yet little known poet whose mastery of languages and versatile expression left a strong impression. An tireless worker, he supported his family and indigent parents, but his overburdened mind led him to stimulants. After a life of vicissitudes he died in a hospital on June 20, 1849, with opinions diverging whether cholera or starvation caused the death.
A stone coffin with a human skeleton was unearthed by workers at Wellbank quarry in Lochee Scotland near Dundee. Authorities were notified and scientific tests will determine the period of the interment. No nearby burial ground existed and the site had been undisturbed for years, making the discovery puzzling.
The mastodon differed from the elephant in leg length and head shape with smaller, simpler grinding teeth. It had smaller tusks and a single small lower tusk as a remnant of an ancestral two-tusk type. This beast wandered the Long Branch shore to enjoy ocean breezes and foliage of low-branched trees along the beach.
A lively call urges young men to join the Navy to see the world. It promises hard work and play, shore leave plus a 30 day vacation, two year enlistment, and lifelong benefits. Recruiting stations are nearby via the post office.
A historical account asserts that nearly all Peruvians are coca chewers, tracing the practice to premodern times. It estimates eight million Central South American natives ingest coca leaves to endure high altitudes, gain stamina, and endure long periods without food.
A Tasmanian insect story notes a pale greenish brown creature with a tail. The female reaches sunflower seed size when mature, and the tail lies flat at peace and rises vertical when aggressive. Its diet centers on mosquitoes, and its behavior includes independent young taking over the parental web.
The Kansas City Times notes a saying about a man who grew wealthy by late hours of the night and suggests his son now shows prodigal traits with midnight affairs. The remark resembles a social quip about wealth, inheritance, and behavior.
A monument at Vilverde near Brussels honors William Tyndale translator of the Bible. The low base bears English French and Flemish inscriptions. Tyndale, born in Gloucester, faced suspicion for his new learning and moved to London then Hamburg and Cologne before beginning his printing in 1528.
A Belgian farmer near Poelkapelle repurposes an undamaged pillbox into a family dwelling. Pillboxes, once concrete forts with several rooms, require little work to become livable. Some near Boesinghe are already being fitted as cafes for anticipated tourist battlefield visits once gasports and travel rules ease.
The federal board for vocational education seeks disabled returning soldiers in Porto Rico for rehabilitation under the government program. About 110 men are identified as potential beneficiaries. Interviews aim to place them in suitable vocations, with training possible in local shops, industrial establishments, and the Mayaguez agricultural college for those choosing farm work.
The Boston Transcript quotes Shinbone asserting that contentment is a fine virtue yet hard to distinguish from plain laziness, highlighting a humorous misreading of character in everyday life.
The piece discusses MP pay disputes in Westminster, noting two active agitations to raise the £400 yearly stipend, and to abolish it. It recalls historical practices where payment came from local bodies, cites Henry VII era daily rates for knights and burghers, and mentions a Harwich member who successfully sued constituents for wages.
The North American Review's founder William Tudor, born in Boston, educated at Harvard, later engaged in commerce and diplomacy. He and his brother introduced the fee trade in tropical countries in the West Indies, edited the review from 1815, served as charge d affaires in Rio de Janeiro and consul in Lima, and died in 1880. He also proposed the Bunker Hill monument.
The term Yankee has several proposed origins including a possible link to New England residents, French or Dutch linguistic roots, or Canadian Indian influences. Historical sources note Smollett’s 1762 usage and later Civil War connotations referring to Northern federal soldiers.
In Europe a unique sight exists near La Rochelle where donkeys wear trousers to cope with mosquitoes and a biting fly along the Te de Rhe two miles away. Visitors observe the animals in work attire, giving the impression of carnival dress.
In the Cordilleras of South America two herbs cha-cha-coma and polen-pix pita grow on a dwarf tree. Their leafless shoots yield a hot aromatic water with a peppery flavor used to abate mountain sickness vertigo and breathlessness. Researchers suggest an alkaloid may be extracted to aid high altitude ascent.
A harsh ethnographic remark describes daughters as more valuable than sons within Kaffir culture. It notes girls stay home until ten, then must earn a living as servants or help their fathers in farming. Marriage follows quickly when suitors arrive, with bargaining by fathers over the bride price, pegged at eight oxen for a good girl.
A humorous exchange where one person avoids boasting while the other notes how their children frequently utter bright remarks. The dialogue highlights a playful tension between restraint and pride in parenting.
The article argues that gold moves via mineralizing solutions rising along rock planes and deposits in reefs and rock rather than forming solely as surface placer. It notes in old Australian mines reopened after years that rock deposits are richer and old beams show gold impregnation, proving gold soaks through rock.
The article notes Johnson's dictionary reflected his biases and humor. It cites his Scots attacks in entries like oats and lexicographer, calling himself a harmless drudge. It also mentions his playful net work definition seen as needing further definitions.
Edward Davies, a self described loneliest Britisher, lives on a small French possession in mid Pacific. He shares the island with three Frenchmen and few other whites while Macquarie Island hosts two wireless operators far south of New Zealand. The desolate rock has no trees or harbors and penguins for company.
A renowned sculptor notes a shift in women’s faces after the war. He observes greater spirituality and quieter happiness in sitters who have given themselves to helping others. Eyes reveal sorrow yet not current unhappiness, suggesting spiritual comfort after severed ties.
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